almost a one year hiatus of not posting. the last year has definitely been interesting with a lot of changes ...most of them for the good. significant things that have happened since jun 07 and jun 08:

- started voice lessons for the first time along with piano with alla (jun 07)
- went to SAJA conference in New York (jun 07)
- went to AAJA conference in Miami (aug 07)
- performed Chaand Sifarish (Fanaa) at the Festival of India (aug 07)
- performed at the shaam-E-sargam recital (sep 07)
- attended workshop at PeopleTV (oct 07)
- performed 'Sahana' (Sivaji) at GATS Pongal (jan 07)
- started eKhabar - weekly broadcast (jan 07)
- organized NASH's second fundraiser event for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, International Nite (feb 08)
- attended first MAGS luncheon with the Khabar team (feb 07)
- attended nisha/ranit's wedding in india (mar-apr 08)
- sang 'Yesterday' (Beatles) at the Peggy Still School of Music spring recital (apr 08)
- got a multimedia associate news producer role at 13WMAZ to write stories for the web/evening news (may 08)
- transitioned half of the piano students to Ashwin due to weekend journalism stint (jun 08)

so it has been an interesting year definitely. my brother is going to be teaching piano at the montesorri school and take some of my students.